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"Absolutely insane album. The lyrics are dark, cryptic, and over the top in the best way possible. The vocal performances are powerful and the songs display a heavy ferocity. The production blends all of the sounds together in a way that makes the listener feel as though they are trapped in a stor..." [+] Reply
"Well, it's something for me anyway. Not his most well known songs, but still extremely good." Reply
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"Sharp writing and traditional piano from Newman provides the perfect stage for Nilsson to demonstrate his vocal virtuosity." Reply
"Despite containing the instant Fall classic Bill Is Dead, this album took quite a while to stand out for me. Sing Harpy kicks things off in a promising fashion, soon after we have the aforementioned Bill Is Dead with MES actually singing! This track is one of their best tracks of the 90's and was..." [+] Reply
"Agreed Romanelli... This is a perfect Dylan album minus opening track (however I did like that song when I was a young kid)... too bad it isn't a real album... Positively 4th Street is probably one of my favorite songs from him lyrically. All of these song not only have his great poetry, but the ..." [+] Reply
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RoundTheBend | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +1 votes (1 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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"It feels oddly oxymoronic to call "The Symbol Remains" a "return to form" for a band that hadn't released an album anyway in nearly 20 years, but that's exactly what this is for Blue Oyster Cult: a modern take on their classic rock roots without the bloat of the mid-to-late 80s releases, and with..." [+] Reply
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spigelwii | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +3 votes (3 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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"Introduced the new era of soundtracks. Whether you like his movies or not, Quentin Tarantino is just brilliant with his use of music in movies." Reply
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Robert Anton Wilson | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +2 votes (2 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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"Yep, I don't see anything this year beating this album. Beforehand it was Pallbearer's Heartless as my AOTY. This beats that by a margin, the nostalgia is real. I'm finally listening to fantastic stoner rock again, thank you Elder!" Reply
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TheHolyKiwi | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +3 votes (3 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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"Well, thankfully it's not a return to the follys of Carnival Of Light or Tarantula. They're still the same band that made those records, but more importantly they're still the same band that made Nowhere or Going Blank Again. To be specific, this is the direction Ride should have taken in 1993, w..." [+] Reply
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johnner | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +3 votes (3 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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Overall Chart composition
| Decade | Albums | % | |
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| 1930s | 2 | 0% | |
| 1940s | 34 | 0% | |
| 1950s | 302 | 3% | |
| 1960s | 710 | 7% | |
| 1970s | 1,424 | 14% | |
| 1980s | 1,414 | 14% | |
| 1990s | 1,600 | 16% | |
| 2000s | 1,725 | 17% | |
| 2010s | 1,964 | 20% | |
| 2020s | 825 | 8% |
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| Bob Dylan | 37 | 0% | |
| The Rolling Stones | 35 | 0% | |
| David Bowie | 32 | 0% | |
| The Beatles | 29 | 0% | |
| Miles Davis | 27 | 0% | |
| Neil Young | 26 | 0% | |
| Various Artists | 25 | 0% | |
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5,002 | 50% | |
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2,655 | 27% | |
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431 | 4% | |
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336 | 3% | |
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221 | 2% | |
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157 | 2% | |
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134 | 1% | |
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| Best Artists of 2016 | |
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| 1. Radiohead | |
| 2. David Bowie | |
| 3. Frank Ocean | |
| 4. Car Seat Headrest | |
| 5. Danny Brown | |
| 6. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds | |
| 7. Nick Cave | |
| 8. Bon Iver | |
| 9. Kanye West | |
| 10. Beyoncé |
